Retro Sunday

After a dry dusty day in the hell of the north of the 1990 Paris-Roubaix, Eddy Planckaert and Steve Bauer showed the world why cycling is the toughest sport with a 1cm difference in the final sprint on the Roubaix Velodrome, In Kansas there were only two races I could see on TV, the "Wide World of Sports" would show weekly highlights of the Tour de France in July and in April 2 hours of the Paris-Roubaix. Although I had seen the race (on TV) 6 times before this was easy to spot this as a defining moment of the sport.

That was first thing came to mind when my neighbor Darrell brought over his wife Mary's Panasonic for me to re-cable and give it the first love in 15 years.

 

Although this Panasonic has never seen roads anything like the Pave, it still brings back those memories.

Asides from the Johnnie Holmes stem, the Terry saddle and standard replaceables this baby is all original and in VERY good shape.

 

SN# right up front, no one will argue it's your bike.

 

I love the detail in this shot, a first gen. 600 SIS rear derailleur and almost a perfect Panasonic stamp on the chrome drops.

 

ROTTEN EGGS!!! The reason I switched to Campy in 1988.